914's, (4), 356 (2), Beetle (3), Vw Cabrio, VW DaVan, bmw 525, 911 (2), volvo (3), Ford F350, Toyota Prius, Volvo p1800, Volvo 122

All Inside..

Rich

'02 Jetta TDi sedan
'03 Jetta TDi wagon
'65 911
'85 Vanagon
'95 Audi A6 Avant
'85 Jetta
'71 Opel Kadett (1100 CC twin carb rocket ship)
'81 Audi 4000 5+5
'59 Mercedes Benz 190 sedan
'71 Karmann Ghia, roller


The last 4 are for sale.

The Cap'n

Along with the 914, I have a VW Type 3 Fastback. But the future of Fastback isn’t to certain at the moment.

Ditto Mostly Germany Garage
914 1973
C240 90k
C320 Wagon 185k
E420 225k
GMC Terrain (Wifes car) not bad car but made in Canada

No garage, but here are my current cars.

1974 914 1911
1973 911 targa 3.0
1973 Super Beetle

I've had a few other beetles over the years, and a 78 Scirocco.

All german and air-cooled, except for the scirocco The only car I've ever owned with a radiator.

Got any pics of the mercedes?

My list is in my sig.
All my cars are German:
'73 914
'64 356SC
'74 Mercedes 280C
'99.5 Audi A4 2.8

I really have one too many cars.

My wife has the non German car.

Old thread... I need to update!

Only 3 German vehicles right now (one is a work in process)..

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Geeze! that Willow car is really coming around!

Interesting collections!

My list is relatively short-n-sweet, since I tend to keep my cars over the 45+/- years that I've been driving - not counting my parents' cars when a teen (all were automatics BTW). First car I bought was a German, and won out over a 67 Cortina, & I've only owned 6 in that time - all but 1 a German!

1st car: 68 Opel Kadette in Fall 1969 - Summer 71 DD
AKA "The Red Rocket" - well not really....
.... also a 1100 cc Kap'n, but with a single Solex & not much of a screamer, but a fun first car - learned to drive the 4 speed stick on the way home from buying it in San Diego!
Unfortunately a victim of too many weekend high speed trips up & down I-5 between San Diego & LA while I attended USC, so it died in Spring 71 & I bought Dad's former car #2 - the only 'Muricun one that I ever owned.

2nd car: 69 Pontiac Ventura 4 Door Sedan - in Summer 1971 to Spring 76
400 cid with 2 Bbl & Automatic - "The Boat"
Well, it go me through college & a couple of years later, then sold it in early 1976 after I got my 914 (#3).

3rd car: 73 Porsche 914-2.0 in Dec. 75 - Present - 2nd Owner
AKA "The 914" until the kids came along & started calling it "The Wrecked Car"
DD from 75-85 until whacked after a rolling resto in 80-83, then kept in my SoCal garage until recently starting in 2010 to slowly work on it's resto! About 172,000 on it when put up.

4th car: 85 BMW 325e 2 Door Coupe - my DD May 85 to Present
AKA "The Beemer" or "The Little Car" per the kids nomenclature
Nice little pocket-rocket E30 with a 5 speed that still delivers mid-20's mpg around town & low to mid-30's mpg on the freeway - if I don't get on it too much! About 179,000 on it now, with only the Transmission & A/C rebuilt - & the motor is still running strong!

5th car: 88 VW Vanagon CamperGL Westfalia - 2.1L Wasserboxer with Automatic, being my Wife's DD April 88 to Present
AKA "The Van" or "Mom's Car" or "The Big Car" per the kids
In addition to being my wife's DD, it was always the Road Trip car & Camper for family fun, logging many XC trips from CA to OK, AR, IN, PA, WVa, etc. from 88-02, when gas prices & free Southwest flights turned us towards flying back east, and we kept the camping trips more local in CA. It also served as the car that our 2 kids learned to drive - being an automatic, although both had shots at learning the stick on my BMW DD. About 209,000 on it now, but it hasn't been anywhere near as durable at the Beemer, having had the motor throw a rod in 99 & fry rings in 05 - requiring a new motor then it's top-end rebuilt respectively, a trans rebuild in 06, A/C rebuild in 07, etc. - racking up about 4x the repairs as the BMW in comparable miles.

6th car: 74 914-2.0 - acquired in Summer 2010 to Present
It's really only a body shell to use for body parts in repairing & restoring my 73 2.0, & was a racer most recently before that.

Only the 914s currently reside inside our tiny sorta 2-car garage, which is only 17.5' x 18' out-to-out - so they're packed in:
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The BMW & Westy mostly live in the driveway, being in constant use & no room in the garage:
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I suppose we could include a #7......
Car #6.5: 88 Honda Civic Hatchback DX 1.5L FI with 5-speed - DD 88 to Present
AKA - "The Kids Car" & now "Michael's Car"
The car was in my wife's family since new, passing from one brother to another, until he passed away in 08, when she took it over, & my son & I refurbed & rolling restored it for he & his sister to use as their DD - as well as "The Practice Car" for my 914's resto! Our daughter used it for her & her Hubby's DD 4/08 - 5/11, then I did a refresh & some mechanicals repaired & drove it back to my son at Ft. Drum NY this past July during the heat wave of the century" with NO A/C (it never had A/C). He's happy now to have wheels on post!

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Cheers!

For the first time in a long time, the 914 is the lone German in the garage. The other two are a V70R & LR2. The Volvo is the first non-kraut daily driver I've had in over 15 years (5 Golf/GTIs, A3, A4 Avant).

Hi Rick,

It is slow going.. I don't think it will be ready for MUSR in October unfortunatley. It is shame since the event is so close to home this year (only a 5 hour drive).

Sorry -
Back to your regularly scheduled thread.......

Love those 300E Mercs, I want another for a LS1 motor...
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This isn't german but it does have "flavor"

of the 4 other cars that live with my 914, none of them are german, or european even.

Zach

Maybe not, but the wild child will look really nice in Eureka Springs!

In the garage:
My '73 1.7
My wife's '72 VW bug convertible

Out in the driveway are the wife's '11 GMC Acadia and my twin '89 VW Foxes. (OK, they're technically Brasilian, not German).

Besides the two 914s, there's a 300E Benz, C280 Sport Benz. Non German family members are a Range Rover 4.6 HSE and a Mazda Protoge .... oh yeah, and a car trailer.

Does my '06 Dodge count? It's a Daimler. Doesn't fit in my current garage though.

Being German I stick with German cars:
Me DD: BMW X5 with 200k Mls on first engine, transmission, still running strong
Wife's DD: BMW Z3 2.8
Wife's Classic Car: 1978 450 SL
My project: 1983 911 SC Cabriolet
and the 914 LE
Promised myself once the 911 is done I will get an American Car as next project, not sure what but I like the idea of an older Mustang with a V8 and manual transmission, something between 1965 and 1970.

two 914, one 79 rabbit, one 59 vw single cab, and a 914 parts car, and 911 dd
my wife drives honda

Ok our family have:

914 -72
914 -73
VW Beetle -56
VW beetle -69
VW Beetle -72
Karmann ghia -61
VW pickup -79
VW crewcab -73
VW Cerry picker -78
VW Passat W8 -02

And a brand new VW Amarok delivered for one week ago.

And my wife said:

Over my dead body I will be driving a Volkswagen...
She drives a Volvo C30.

Niklas - impressive list of VWs

I have one extra German car - 2006 Jetta tdi.

I have always had a love of German cars and have passed that on to my wife and kids.

2008 Audi S4

2001 BMW Z8 milage 2,600

2008 MB CLK63 AMG Black series

1970 914/6

Badm.

My signature says it all.

As a German which lives in Germany I support only the German manufacturers

2008 Audi A6 Avant Quattro (my car)
2009 VW Tiguan (wifes car)
2000 VW Golf IV (daughters car)

and






1972 Porsche 914-6

84 GTI
91 COUP QUATTRO
06 A3
74 914 2.0
I sold an 87 m-tech 1 to get the 914

Between my wife and I, we have every major German automaker represented except one. My 914 and her 911 check the VW and Porsche boxes (technically, either one would do that because of the merger), and she has a Mercedes. BMW is the only one that's missing--for now.

Of course, my folks have a 328is (that my step-dad drives), so that's in the extended family... And my dad has a similar-vintage 3-series convertible.

--DD

Wife once had a Jetta (first car we bought together) but now our driveway is fully Korean, except the 914.

1974 914 2.0 gets the carport
2006 Hyundai Sonata 4cyl (wife's DD)
2007 Kia Rondo 4cyl (the most practical car you've never heard of, my DD)

The Koreans have around 45K miles apiece, 914 has ???K (nonfunctional Odometer, best guess is around 130K)

In addition to the 914 and our fleet of old 240-series Volvos, we have an '86 Audi 5000CS (turbo quattro sedan)--but he ("Murphy") lives outside the garage.

I have 4 911's 1 914 (my favorite of all). 1 BMW 650I cab and a Toyota tundra

Wow, old threads never die.

My Porsche shares garage space with one American (Corvette) and 2 Japanese (Kawasaki Ninja 500R, project Yamaha 750 Special). From time to time I think about adding a BMW to the stable, but that would be a BMW of the two wheeled variety.

We have several Audis in the family as DD's: Mom has a 2009 TT, Dad has a 2010 A4 (that will going away pretty quick however). Brother had a stupid fast/heavily modified early S4 (the big bodied car) - but it was recently sold to a guy on the east coast. Only other german stuff besides the 914 is the Speedster replica. Its a 2006 Vintage Speedster with just shy of 900 total miles on it. Super fun car - running a 1911 motor with dual 40 webers.

The only other germans in the garage are relatives - but even that is debatable. The fam is from the north (way north), so depending on how the map is drawn, we are from Denmark. It has been an interesting argument between my grandparents that has gone on for my entire life!

I am really drawn to the BMW motorcycles as well. Too bad I will never have one due to these two reasons:
1. Wife will kill me - dead.
2. I dont want to look like one of these guys while riding it.....

2 914's and the wife drives a mercedes c-class wagon.

in the past 4 VW's, 4 mercedes and 2 BMW's.

1996 Jeep GrandCherokee V8
1998 Mazda B3000 PU
1975 Porsche 914-6 3.0L
2008 Mercedes SL550

I have a Guards Red 2006 Cayman S and my Olympic Blue 914 in my garage. My white Ford ranger stays outside.

The good old days! My garage, circa 1983. . . still have the red '76 914 and the '66 VW. Sold the '72 L20E 914 in 1985. Out of the picture, in the street are a '75 911S Targa and a '76 VW Westfalia Camper. Click to view attachment

74 914
75 914
88 928S4
2009 VW CC sport

Probably already a response back in here somewhere from me. I think I've at least added or changed something since...
1993 Mazda b2000 P/U- 120K miles I think
1991 BMW 318is -about 300k miles (broke odo) my DD
1991 BMW 318is -about 200k miles (son's DD, AX and DE car)
2001 BMW 323 Ci- about 120k miles (other son's DD, stays parked alot).
1973 Porsche 914 2.0- about 300k miles (no longer the DD, but I try to get a few K miles a year on it).
1995 911 Carrera (993)- 62K miles- salvage title... my new project

The German Stuff

1971 914/6 3.2 Conversion
1988 BMW M5
1987 VW Cabriolet
2000 Mercedes Benz ML430

Other

1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1991 Kawasaki

see my avitar , a 912E silver and a 99 Boxster OH! a 1970 914-6 real one in resteration

past germans;
76 vw scirocco
84 audi 5000 turbo (yes, the infamous 60 minutes audi!)

current cars;
71 914 - mostly stock with djet
98 mercedes e430 - enough power to get out of it's own way, doesn't do too badly on the twistys for a heavy sedan!

current bikes;
00 honda blackbird
00 kawasaki klr650

all 4 current vehicles get to live in the garage. want to try a bmw bike but, my most of my riding buddies liken swapping bikes to wife swapping!

Past cars
1974 914 2.4/4
Current cars
1970 914 1.7
1985.5 944 na
1980 BMW 318 euro baur tc1

'73 project for my son and I to get busy on. Seems to be the someday project right now.





'71 bus and '74 914. The summer drivers.

My commuter is a '91 Jetta GTX. My wife's car is a '97 Jetta GT and my son's is a '88 Jetta diesel.
A family of german iron.

Looks familiar!

past germans:
'64 VW squareback
'69 vw bug automatic!
'63 vw kombi bus
'59 vw single cab
'96 vw golf
'90 BMW 325i race car
'72 914 1.7 L
'72 914 parts car
'90 Porsche 944S2 Cabriolet

Current Germans:
'08 Cayman S
'74 914-6 conversion track car
'05 BMW 330 CI convertible

I despise BMWs and Mercedes for some reason, have always loved VWs and although I always loved Porsches growing up and as an adult I have NEVER liked 911's. Makes no sense. My "dream cars" have always been 356's and 914's and then 944 cabriolet (still love it) and when the boxter and Cayman came out, really liked 'em... but for some reason, just never had any interest in 911's. Odd for a Porsche guy.

My current "dream car" would be a VW GTI... yeah, not exactly exotic, but its something I want bad for some reason....

Years ago when my daughter was 4 yrs old, I asked her if she would like a slice of German Chocolate cake. She replied "No, I dont like Germans"

Of course it was the coconut she didnt like.

She is one funny kid.

I'm on my second 914 ( 74 2.0 ). first one was a 75 1.8. Love driving the 914 with the top off.

The Kia Rondo is cool but the Mazda 5 beats it for most practical by just a sliver... sliding doors are great in crowded parking lots!

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